I am not a person who likes Bitter gourd or karela. But when you find that your family likes this vegetable, you will have find different ways to make this frequently. Hubby dear and Athamma loves bitter gourd in any form. I find myself making a saute of this vegetable and I remember that Kakarakayya kura was also quite frequent dish some years ago. I really wonder how and why we stopped making that dish these days.

This Spicy bitter gourd or stuffed karela recipe that I made a while ago, was surely different and very delicious, if I say it myself. I took it for office and my colleagues liked it very much too.

Stuffed Karela

School reopened for the boys today and we felt so bad for them as they had to get up early to get ready. The month long vacation surely had it’s effect. I somehow managed to pack them something that they nodded their head, it surely made me realize that I should get some sort of planning to be done.

Step by Step pictures for making Stuffed Karela

Wash and trim the sides

Boil the bitter gourds in a mix of turmeric, curds and salt.

The ingredients for the stuffing. To be ground into paste.

Fry in a non stick pan until done.

It takes 5 – 6 mins for frying the masala.

The cooked bitter gourds are left to cool down.

Remove the seeds inside

Stuff with the masala

Roast the bitter gourds in hot pan again.

Fry these stuffed karela again in oil until it is browned on all sides.

Even when I was not liking bitter gourd in any other form I used to relish the stuffed bitter gourds..they taste really nice…bitter gourd is a fav veggie @ my place now..we dont get those cute tiny ones here,so we satisfy ourselves wid d big ones.:)